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University of Aarhus is considered to be the second largest University in Denmark. The University of Copenhagen occupies the first place in Denmark.

Aarhus University was established in 1928 as “University Teaching in Jutland”. The classrooms, where the education was holding, were rented from the Technical College. A teaching staff consisted only from one professor and four Readers of English, Danish, German, and French languages.  Until those times, the University of Copenhagen was the only one university in Denmark.

This educational institution started to be named as Arhus University in 1933. In 2001, all the buildings were completed and the university has received the appearance it has now.

Nowadays, the university is organized in eight faculties:

•    The Faculty of Humanities;
•    The Faculty of Health Sciences;
•    The Faculty of Economics and Law;
•    The Faculty of Theology;
•    The Faculty of Science;
•    The Faculty of Agricultural Science;
•    Aarhus School of business;
•    National Environmental Research Institute.

In 2007, the number of enrolled students has reached the figure of 35,000. Each year nearly 900 foreign students have come to the University of Aarhus in order to receive education. University of Aarhus is quite popular abroad.